Safety pencil-holder.



C.-B. MERCER. SAFETY PENCIL HOLDER. AISPLICATIQN FILED APR. 27, 1915.

Patented J an. 4, 1916.

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Specification of. Letters Patent;

Application filed April 27, 1915. Serial No. 24,298.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES E. MERGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Pittston, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety Pencil- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to pencil holders, and more particularly to the class of safety clips for pencils, pens or otherlike writing implements.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a clip or holder of this character wherein the same can be fastened to a garment, belt, or the like, so that pencils or other writing instruments can be engaged therein for the holding of the same to pre vent the accidental lossithereof when not in use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a clip or holder of this character wherein the construction thereof is of novel form so as to permit the free engagement of a pen, pencil or other like writing instrument therein, and also to permit the quick and easy fastening of the said clip or holder, to a garment, the pen, pencil or other like writing instrument being firmly held therein to prevent possibility of the loss of the same, and that will be held in position for free accessibility.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a clip or holder of this character which is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in its purpose, strong, durable, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a garment showing the clip or holder constructed in accordance with the invention fastened thereto with a pencil and pen held therein, the pocket of the garment being partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the clip or holder detached. Fig. 3 is a vertical lonmay be in the nature of a vest, shirt, or other like garment having the usual outside pocket B, the same being merely shown to illustrate the application and the manner of use of the clip or holder hereinafter fully described.

The clip or holder comprises a pair of closely arranged parallel frames 5 and 6, respectively, which are constructed corre- Patented'Jan. 4., 1916. i

spondingly to safety pins, with the exception a,

that the pin member 7 of the frame 5 is per manently engaged in the guard 8, which is pressed inwardly about its marginal edgement in the guard 10 or its disengagement V therefrom'identically to the ordinary safety.

The frames 5 and 6 are permanently fastened together through the medium of hollow rivets 11, which are passed through the guards 8 and 10, and also through the convoluted spring portions 12 of the respective frames.

Mounted upon the stretch of the frame 5 and the pin member 7 thereof are resilient tube sections 13 which form'frictional grips for the pen, pencil, or like writing instrument, which are passed between the sections 13 to be frictionally held thereby in the frame 5. The pin member 9 of the frame 6 is adapted to be passed into the fabric of the garment and engaged in the guard 10 for the fastening of the clip or holder thereon at the point of the mouth ofthe pocket B therein, although it is to be understood that the clip or holder: can be fastened to the garment at any other point to suit the convenience of the user thereof.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction of the device will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended safety pin is free, and resilient tube sections explanation has been omitted. carried by the closed safety pin. 10

What is claimed is p I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature A clip or holder comprising a pair of com in presence of two Witnesses. 5 panion safety pins, means fastening the pins CHARLES B. MERCER.

together, the movable pin member of one of Witnesses: the safety pins being permanently fastened MICHAEL GALIHAN, closed, While the pin member of the other EVAN GRIFFITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, I). C. 

